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EU Authorities To Demand Reversal of Google Privacy Policy
judgecorp writes "Google's privacy mechanism, which combines personal data from around 60 products, and gives users only one opportunity to opt out, was rolled out in March against requests from privacy regulators in Europe. Now they want the policy reversed, and user data from the different Google products, including Gmail, Search and YouTube, to be separated. The EU attack is lead by French regulator CNIL, which has historically taken a tough line on privacy matters."
And every man has a penis so they could potentially rape a woman. Every screwdriver could potentially be used to break into a house. Every Internet connection could potentially be used to download copyrighted material.
An argument that someone has to be pre-prohibited from potentially doing something bad has to have more to it than an unsubstantiated assertion that "Google will resort to all sorts of tricks." Otherwise you can ban just about anything under the premise of protecting the greater good. It's an ugly argument that has seen the presumption of innocence tossed out when it comes to copyright violations on the Internet. Someone files a DMCA complaint against you and you're presumed guilty until you prove your innocence, simply because you could be violating a copyright holder's rights.